Hello @hitmeasap
manual curation and tons of people willing to reward good content.
That's the real issue; the auto curation and unwillingness of the majority of the people with appreciable SP to curate good contests, are some of the issues bedeviling present day my Steemit. Some people with big SP put friends and kins in autovote and forget rest of the community.
Although I wasn't here in 2016 but I can relate how well organized things were then.
I pray that these isolated cases are addressed in future hardfork. Thanks and nice meeting you.
@eurogee, the founder of @euronation community & The Host, Show Us Your Witnesses Weekly Contest